n-Space is an initiative for interdisciplinary collaboration that brings together artists, technologists, academics, and industry professionals, led by Somerset House Studios. AND, alongside our collaborator School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University, will host Hypersea (Hannah Cobb) as part of the initiative, encouraging interdisciplinary experimentation across art and technology.
In collaboration with key academic and cultural partners, n-Space will be an evolving workspace and network, supporting a diverse range of practitioners and collaborations, focused on process, creative inquiry and outcomes that don’t fit within traditional institutional platforms.
The initial pilot programme will be a series of funded fellowships for an interdisciplinary cohort of six practitioners, invited and selected by the partners for this initial 18-month long pilot programme. AND’s n-Space’s fellows Hypersea is a post-disciplinarian exploring the implications of new digital technologies through speculative fiction and documentary-style analysis.
n-Space: States of Exception \\ Saturday 2 May 2026
Connecting themes and ideas emerging from n-Space, States of Exception is an ongoing series exploring art, technology, and governance.
From data centres reconfiguring energy grids to AI systems determining credit ratings, the convergence of technology and governance is reengineering everyday life. The first events in the series interrogate contemporary sociotechnical systems and ask what operative fictions – the stories that make these systems feel inevitable – drive the transformations to come. Through talks, performances, and dialogues, States of Exception stages encounters where artists, technologists, and researchers challenge these systems and rehearse new possibilities together.
The day is preceded by a live role-played court hearing Trial Trial, organised by n-Space fellows, dmstfctn, Ed Fornieles, Agnes Cameron, Hannah Cobb, and Leela Jadhav. The live action role play (LARP) is by invitation only and will contribute to future public outcomes within the series.
For more information please visit the Somerset House Studios website.
n-Space is curated by Linda Rocco for Somerset House Studios, and supported by the Rothschild Foundation.